| 释义 |
leangle Austral.|ˈliːæŋg(ə)l|
Also langeel, leeangle, leonile, liangle.
[Native word, a derivation of leang or liang tooth. Other forms (see Morris) are leeawell, leawill.]
A wooden club bent at the striking end. (Morris Austral Eng.)
1845C. Griffith Port Phillip Distr. N.S.W. x. 155 The liangle is..of the shape of a pickaxe, with only one pick. 1867G. G. MacCrae Māmba 9 The long leangle's nascent form Forespoke the distant battle-storm. 1869Hoare Figures Fancy 98 Beneath the dread leeangle blow Fell many a strong and swarthy foe. 1894R. Etheridge in Jrnl. Anthrop. Instit. XXIII. 317 On a Modification of the Australian Aboriginal Weapon, termed the Leonile, Langeel, Bendi, or Buccan, &c. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. xiii. 224 Those aboriginal words we have incorporated in our language... For example:..wurley, leangle, mulga, [etc.]. 1966W. S. Ramson Austral. Eng. vi. 132 Leangle, ‘a club’, and wirri, ‘a throwing stick’, are Victorian, both coming from the Gippsland area. |